A prolific graffiti vandal who caused over £100, 000 worth of damage across 13 London boroughs has been jailed for 26 months.

Sam Moore, 24, pleaded guilty after police spotted his tag, tying him to dozens of attacks on trains and stations. The total damage caused by Moore was estimated as being in excess of £113,000.

Kings Cross St Pancras suffered nearly £40,000 worth of damage

Blackfriars Crown Court heard that Moore continued to offend while on police bail, daubing trains with graffiti at Ealing Broadway depot and Barking depot in July 2010.

The vandal, from the Isle of Wight, was also slapped with a five-year anti-social behaviour order.

Detective Sergeant Jeremy Walley, of BTP’s Graffiti Unit, said:

"Moore’s vandalism was nothing more than wanton damage that costs thousands of pounds to clean up.

"Writing graffiti on the railway or elsewhere is not a harmless pastime and we will continue to work closely with train operating companies, Network Rail and other police forces to reduce these criminal acts.”